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YouTube and TikTok have been given a Nov. 30 deadline by the European Union to reply to an information request on how they protect children from illegal and harmful content, the European Commission said on Thursday...
The Commission is requesting more information on the measures the companies have taken to step up their efforts to protect minors in order to comply with the bloc's new rulebook for Big Tech, the Digital Services Act...
The information request comes days after Breton told TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew to spare no effort to counter disinformation on its platform, owned by China's ByteDance...
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